CORRESPONDENCE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1366, 9 October 1883, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinion! expressed by our correspondents]. —;o: TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Having lodged an application with the Borough Council, for certain monies which I consider due me for work done on their behalf the discussion of which was postponed until to-nights ®eetipg, and exception having been taken by His Worship the Mayor, to my letter, and sub* sequently *to my personal attendance at the Council meetings, I have to throw myself [ on your courtesy to make public the grounds upon which I found my claims. If in equity I and justice it ie found that m? claims are totally I’.nsupp'drted by the Acts, by all means let them be Bet aside. I only wish tn bring under the notice of the younger members of the Council and Harbour Board, that the works undertaken and executed by mo were carried out for the good of the district, and that I lent myself and spared no trouble to carry out the suggestions made, believing that those works would eventually result in the advancement of the whole community,— Abd personally, as those data had been furnished by me|l naturally looked forward to the ame when those works would become accomplished facte, and my position as engineer would allow me to avail myself of the information afforded to the Council, to their and my own benefit. Unfortunately for myself, the Council have, as they politely termed it, “ severed the connection ” —well so be it. lam now debared from deriving any pecuniary consideration in the future for the works done, and I now hold, that in tho event of any or each of the works mentioned in my letter being proceeded with, the Council and my successor will have the benefit; and, as upon a former application of mine for the sum of £5 ss, the question as to legality was raised, I would point out, that if the claims made by me, and others are only to be viewed from a strict legal aspect, and that “ equity ” and common justice are to be ignored, then I say that very few works will bo undertaken on behalf of the Council and Harbour Board unless tho quid pro quo} is agreed to and put down in black and white. “ His Worship ” was averse to in any way entertain my application, believing, I presume, that it was only a “ Bogus ” affair, or that it was a piece of bounce on my part, be that as it may, I consider I am entitled to courtesy on the one hand, and a fair discussion letter "submitted.— l am, &0., John Drummond, Civil Engineer.